Banker, real estate broker, and former head of the City of Lowell’s Division of Planning and Development, James Milinazzo is hired as the Authority’s new Executive Director, replacing acting Director Normand L. Ayotte

The LHA signs a three-year contract with Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley, Inc., providing assisted living services to elderly and disabled residents requiring assistance within the home, and offering social activities and homemaker services to residents

The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment honors the Lowell Housing Authority for three separate projects: the design of the Armand P. Mercier Multi-Service Center, which houses a hall for tenants and community police, the Step-Up/Resident Initiative Program providing residents with job training in construction, carpentry, and painting, and the Public Housing Drug Elimination program to address drug abuse through outreach and substance abuse education